Gun hand-protector.



No. 861,385. PATENTIID JULY 30, 1907.

Y L. M. NORWOOD 6r. J. H. WILLINK. N H NI) PROTECTOR.

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GUN HAND-PROTECTOR.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed .April 29', 1907. Serial No. 370,939.

To all whom it may concern: Y i Be it known that we, LACY M. N oRwooDand JOHN H. WrLLINK, citizens of the United States, residing atSavannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Gun Hand-Protectors; and we dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others use the same.

This invention relates to gun hand protectors, and more particularly toimprovements for securing the same in position upon the gun to preventits movement longitudinally thereof, caused by the recoil of the gun inbeing red.

It has for its object to provide a device of this kind which will beextremely simple, and can be adapted for use upon different makes orstyles of guns, by properly forming the retaining member when theprotector is manufactured.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure lis a longitudinal, sectional. view of a portion of a gun showing theprotector applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a transverse, sectional view of thesame; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the protector detached.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l indicates a handprotectorr to be used on guns to prevent the excessive heat generated byrapid firing from burning or hurting the hand of the gunner.

The protector is formed from thin sheet metal, preferably steel, whichis substantially semi-oval in cross section and of suflcient size forits edges, 2, to engage with the barrels, 3, of the gun upon which it isto be used. A suitable covering, 4, `of non conducting material, ispreferably applied to the protector, and, especially to the exterior orouter portion. l

The protector is of sulcient length to give a suiicient grasp for thehand of the gunner, and its center portion is provided with a shoulder5, which is adapted to engage with a forearm, 6, of the gun stock, andthereby prevent the forward movement of the protectbr from the recoil ofthe gun when it is red. This shoulder is formed upon the protector bybending or stamping it when the protector is bent into shape before itis tempered, and is given such shape as to engage with the peculiarformation of the forearm of the style of gun to which it is to beapplied.

To secure the necessary exibility of the shoulder in applying the sameto the gun, the protector is preferably provided with a tongue, 7, inwhich the shoul* der may be formed and which will thereby permit ofconsiderable movement of the shoulder in being seated, but will notpermit of such movement as to release the same and permit the forwardmovement of the protector when in use. This tongue is preferably formedintegral with the rest of the protector, as by separating the sidestherefrom by slots as shown at 8, to enable it to readily slip over theforward end of the forearm when the protector is being slipped back uponthe barrels in position for use. The tongue may be formed of any desiredlength so as to terminate before or extend beyond the rear end of theprotector, it being shown even therewith in the drawings.

By constructing a protector as above described, the shoulder' can beprovided with but trilling additional cost, if any, to the style ofprotectors now upon the market, and, at the same time, the protectorwill be securely retained in its position irrespective of the amount ofexpansion that may take place thereinfrom the excessive heat ofthebarrel, and from the tendency to be pushed forward by the grasp of thehand of the gunner when the gun recoils on being red. As the protector`and its lock orshoulder are necessarily formed from tempered metal,which must be bent into shape before being tempered, the differentprotectors must be given such form and shape as will adapt them forapplication to the different style of guns upon which they are to beused.

Having described our invention, we claim:

l. A hand protector 4for guns having the rear portion of its lower sideslotted longitudinally to form a locking member for yieldingly engagingwith the forearm.

2. A hand protector for guns comprising a sheet of material bent into asubstantially semi-oval shape in cross section and having the rearportion of its lower side slotted longitudinally to form a tonguetherebetween, said tongue being provided with a shoulder for engagementWith the forearm of the gun.

3. A hand protector for guns formed from a thin sheet of tempered steelbent into substantially a semi-oval shape in cross section and havingthe rear portion of its lower side slotted longitudinally to form atongue therebetween, said tongue being shouldered to form a lock forengaging with the forearm o'f the gun.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. v

LACY M. NORWOOD. JOHN H. WILLINK. Witnesses v JAMES F. EvANs, EDMUND H.ABRAHAMS.

